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... communications. All the brand and product names are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in accordance with respect to revise this user's manual. TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Setup Manual FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found in writing. Further the vendor reserves the right to the contents here and...
... communications. All the brand and product names are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in accordance with respect to revise this user's manual. TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ Setup Manual FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found in writing. Further the vendor reserves the right to the contents here and...
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 1.1 BEFORE YOU START Thank you take the motherboard out from anti-static bag, ground yourself properly by touching any unfastened small parts inside the case ... will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment. Keep the computer from power outlet before operation. Before you for ATX Case X 1 User's Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 FDD Cable X 1 (optional) USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional) S/PDIF out Cable X 1 (optional) Serial ATA Power Cable X 1 (optional...
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 1.1 BEFORE YOU START Thank you take the motherboard out from anti-static bag, ground yourself properly by touching any unfastened small parts inside the case ... will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment. Keep the computer from power outlet before operation. Before you for ATX Case X 1 User's Manual X 1 Fully Setup Driver CD X 1 FDD Cable X 1 (optional) USB 2.0 Cable X1 (optional) S/PDIF out Cable X 1 (optional) Serial ATA Power Cable X 1 (optional...
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... ITE 8716F Provides the most commonly used legacy Super Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O functionality. Low Pin Count Interface Super I /O functionality. Motherboard Manual 1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ Socket AM2 / AM2+ (By BIOS update) Socket AM2 / AM2+ (By BIOS update) AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon...
... ITE 8716F Provides the most commonly used legacy Super Provides the most commonly used legacy Super I/O functionality. Low Pin Count Interface Super I /O functionality. Motherboard Manual 1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES TF520 A2+ TF560 A2+ Socket AM2 / AM2+ (By BIOS update) Socket AM2 / AM2+ (By BIOS update) AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 x2 / Sempron AMD Athlon 64 / Athlon...
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Motherboard Manual 1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS (VER 5.X) PS/2 Mouse LAN PS/2 Keyboard COM1 USBX2 USBX2 USBX2 Center Rear Side Line In Line Out Mic In 1.5 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS (VER 6.X) PS/2 Mouse LA N PS/ 2 Keyboard COM1 USBX2 USBX2 USBX2 Line In/ Surround Line Out Mic I n 1/ Bass/ Center 4
Motherboard Manual 1.4 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS (VER 5.X) PS/2 Mouse LAN PS/2 Keyboard COM1 USBX2 USBX2 USBX2 Center Rear Side Line In Line Out Mic In 1.5 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS (VER 6.X) PS/2 Mouse LA N PS/ 2 Keyboard COM1 USBX2 USBX2 USBX2 Line In/ Surround Line Out Mic I n 1/ Bass/ Center 4
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The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation. 6 Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap. Step 3: Look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on CPU should point forwards this white triangle. Step 2: Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle.
The CPU will fit only in the correct orientation. 6 Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 INSTALLING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) Step 1: Remove the socket protection cap. Step 3: Look for the white triangle on socket, and the gold triangle on CPU should point forwards this white triangle. Step 2: Pull the lever toward direction A from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle.
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... red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should be different according to pin#1. Motherboard Manual 2.2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to...
... red wire is the positive and should be connected to pin#2, and the black wire is Ground and should be different according to pin#1. Motherboard Manual 2.2 FAN HEADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to...
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Motherboard Manual C. Duual Channel Status DIMMA1 DIMMB1 DIMMA2 DIMMB2 Enabled O O X X Enabled X X O O Enabled O O O O (O means memory installed, X means memory not installed.) The DRAM bus width of the same density in pairs, shown in the following requirements: Install memory module of the memory module must meet the following table. Dual Channel Memory installation To trigger the Dual Channel function of the motherboard, the memory module must be the same (x8 or x16) 10
Motherboard Manual C. Duual Channel Status DIMMA1 DIMMB1 DIMMA2 DIMMB2 Enabled O O X X Enabled X X O O Enabled O O O O (O means memory installed, X means memory not installed.) The DRAM bus width of the same density in pairs, shown in the following requirements: Install memory module of the memory module must meet the following table. Dual Channel Memory installation To trigger the Dual Channel function of the motherboard, the memory module must be the same (x8 or x16) 10
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... theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per direction; 500MB/s in total. - PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is designated as 32 bits. Motherboard Manual PEX16-1: PCI-Express x16 Slot - This PCI slot is a bus standard for an aggregate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins. - 2X bandwidth over the traditional...
... theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s simultaneously per direction; 500MB/s in total. - PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is designated as 32 bits. Motherboard Manual PEX16-1: PCI-Express x16 Slot - This PCI slot is a bus standard for an aggregate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins. - 2X bandwidth over the traditional...
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Pin Assignment 1 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 3 Ground 4 +5V 5 Ground 6 +5V 12 24 7 Ground 8 PW_OK 9 Standby Voltage +5V 10 +12V 11 +12V 12 +3.3V 13 +3.3V 14 -12V 15 Ground 16 PS-ON 1 13 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 NC 21 +5V 22 +5V 23 +5V 24 Ground JATXPWR2: ATX Power Source Connector By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. Motherboard Manual JATXPWR1: ATX Power Source Connector This connector allows user to CPU power circuit. 32 4 1 Pin Assignment 1 +12V 2 +12V 3 Ground 4 Ground 14
Pin Assignment 1 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 3 Ground 4 +5V 5 Ground 6 +5V 12 24 7 Ground 8 PW_OK 9 Standby Voltage +5V 10 +12V 11 +12V 12 +3.3V 13 +3.3V 14 -12V 15 Ground 16 PS-ON 1 13 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 NC 21 +5V 22 +5V 23 +5V 24 Ground JATXPWR2: ATX Power Source Connector By connecting this connector, it will provide +12V to connect 24-pin power connector on the ATX power supply. Motherboard Manual JATXPWR1: ATX Power Source Connector This connector allows user to CPU power circuit. 32 4 1 Pin Assignment 1 +12V 2 +12V 3 Ground 4 Ground 14
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... ". 5. SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 7 4 1 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX+ 3 TX- 4 Ground 5 RX- 6 RX+ 7 Ground JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on the AC. 6. Motherboard Manual SATA1~SATA4: Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s.
... ". 5. SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 7 4 1 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX+ 3 TX- 4 Ground 5 RX- 6 RX+ 7 Ground JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header By placing the jumper on the AC. 6. Motherboard Manual SATA1~SATA4: Serial ATA Connectors The motherboard has a PCI to SATA Controller with transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s.
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... 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 VCC 4 On-Board LED Indicators There are 2 LED indicators on diagnostics. Please refer to show system status. Exclusive power for graphics cards. Motherboard Manual JATXPWR3: Auxiliary Power for Graphics This connector is an auxiliary power connection for the graphics card provides better graphics performance.
... 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 VCC 4 On-Board LED Indicators There are 2 LED indicators on diagnostics. Please refer to show system status. Exclusive power for graphics cards. Motherboard Manual JATXPWR3: Auxiliary Power for Graphics This connector is an auxiliary power connection for the graphics card provides better graphics performance.
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.... Fault Tolerance: No. No capacity loss penalty for mirroring data. If any environment that improves disk read and write times for large files. Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS 4.1 OPERATION SYSTEM z Supports Windows XP Home/Professional Edition, and Windows 2000 Professional. 4.2 RAID ARRAYS NVRAID supports the following types of RAID...
.... Fault Tolerance: No. No capacity loss penalty for mirroring data. If any environment that improves disk read and write times for large files. Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 4: NVIDIA RAID FUNCTIONS 4.1 OPERATION SYSTEM z Supports Windows XP Home/Professional Edition, and Windows 2000 Professional. 4.2 RAID ARRAYS NVRAID supports the following types of RAID...
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...databases or any other drive. Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives for high-availability solutions, or as a form of automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to the other application that requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity. Benefits: Provides 100% data redundancy. Performance is impaired during drive ...3 Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 21 The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can be applied for the storage space of a hardware failure. TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ RAID 1: Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in the array.
...databases or any other drive. Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives for high-availability solutions, or as a form of automatic backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to the other application that requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity. Benefits: Provides 100% data redundancy. Performance is impaired during drive ...3 Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 21 The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can be applied for the storage space of a hardware failure. TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ RAID 1: Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in the array.
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Motherboard Manual RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be simultaneously used with other RAID levels in a RAID 0+1 solution for data redundancy, the same as RAID level 1. Fault Tolerance: ...
Motherboard Manual RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be simultaneously used with other RAID levels in a RAID 0+1 solution for data redundancy, the same as RAID level 1. Fault Tolerance: ...
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... according to users' overclock setting. For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is for overclock users. Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 5: OVERCLOCK QUICK GUIDE 5.1 T-POWER INTRODUCTION Biostar T-Power is a whole new utility that is designed for your reference only and the actual BIOS information and... settings on many precise tests, Biostar Engineering Team (BET) has developed this manual. The BIOS information described below in the Setup CD. 24 For further information of setting up the BIOS...
... according to users' overclock setting. For better system performance, the BIOS firmware is for overclock users. Motherboard Manual CHAPTER 5: OVERCLOCK QUICK GUIDE 5.1 T-POWER INTRODUCTION Biostar T-Power is a whole new utility that is designed for your reference only and the actual BIOS information and... settings on many precise tests, Biostar Engineering Team (BET) has developed this manual. The BIOS information described below in the Setup CD. 24 For further information of setting up the BIOS...
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TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 5.2 T-POWER BIOS FEATURE A. It allows users to customize personal overclock settings. 25 Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) MOS is designed for both Elite and Casual overclockers. Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.): ONE provides two powerful overclocking engines: MOS and AOS for experienced overclock users.
TF520 A2+/TF560 A2+ 5.2 T-POWER BIOS FEATURE A. It allows users to customize personal overclock settings. 25 Manual Overclock System (M.O.S.) MOS is designed for both Elite and Casual overclockers. Overclocking Navigator Engine (O.N.E.): ONE provides two powerful overclocking engines: MOS and AOS for experienced overclock users.
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Motherboard Manual DRAM Configuration: Enter this option when proceeding overclocking. K8NB HT Width: This option controls the HyperTransport width of CPU to northbridge chipset. Please disable this ...
Motherboard Manual DRAM Configuration: Enter this option when proceeding overclocking. K8NB HT Width: This option controls the HyperTransport width of CPU to northbridge chipset. Please disable this ...
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... reload any saved CMOS setting for customizing system configurations. the difference will raise about 25%~30% of AMD CPU perform above overclock setting ideally; Motherboard Manual V12 Tech Engine: This setting will be based on the selected CPU model. Not all types of whole system performance. Notices: 1.
... reload any saved CMOS setting for customizing system configurations. the difference will raise about 25%~30% of AMD CPU perform above overclock setting ideally; Motherboard Manual V12 Tech Engine: This setting will be based on the selected CPU model. Not all types of whole system performance. Notices: 1.
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... system will automatically log in step 1. Step 2: Insert the floppy disk and reboot the system to download the latest BIOS file. Motherboard Manual D. Step 1: Go to Biostar website (http://www.biostar.com.tw) to get the following frame and choose the BIOS file downloaded in the default BIOS setting, and all overclock settings...
... system will automatically log in step 1. Step 2: Insert the floppy disk and reboot the system to download the latest BIOS file. Motherboard Manual D. Step 1: Go to Biostar website (http://www.biostar.com.tw) to get the following frame and choose the BIOS file downloaded in the default BIOS setting, and all overclock settings...
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The range is from 0℃~127℃, with an interval of 1. 32 The range is from 0~127, with an interval of 1℃. Start PWM Value When CPU temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode. The range is from 0℃~127℃, with an interval of 1℃. CPU Fan Full speed When CPU temperature arrives to the set value. Motherboard Manual CPU Fan Start The CPU fan starts to work when CPU temperature arrives to this set value, the CPU fan will work under Full Speed.
The range is from 0℃~127℃, with an interval of 1. 32 The range is from 0~127, with an interval of 1℃. Start PWM Value When CPU temperature arrives to the set value, the CPU fan will work under Smart Fan Function mode. The range is from 0℃~127℃, with an interval of 1℃. CPU Fan Full speed When CPU temperature arrives to the set value. Motherboard Manual CPU Fan Start The CPU fan starts to work when CPU temperature arrives to this set value, the CPU fan will work under Full Speed.